Sewellia albisuera

Sewellia albisuera Freyhof, 2003

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches)
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Beresford Seymour Sewell CIE. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Freyhof.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Viet Nam.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 51729)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 31 - 32. Dorsum of head, body and paired fin bases with whitish reticulated or whitish spotted pattern; faint dark grey axial stripe covering three scale rows; skin around lateral line pores whitish; posterior part of pectoral fin with 5-7 faint annular bands; 20-21 branched pelvic fin rays; 49-54+2 lateral line scales; pelvic fin origin below dorsal fin origin; pectoral fin origin posterior to corner of mouth; pelvic fin reaching anal fin origin; small soft elevated patches of fine tubercles on first pectoral fin rays in males; tubercles on simple pectoral fin ray not enlarged; absence of cavity around mouth and absence of skin-fold between oropectoral membrane and ventral surface of head (Ref. 51729).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits rocky rapids and deep pools over sandy substrates. Also found in rocky pools isolated from the main river.

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Freyhof, J., 2003. Sewellia albisuera, a new balitorid loach from Central Vietnam (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 14(3):225-230. (Ref. 51729)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (A2c+3c; B1b(i,ii)); Date assessed: 04 September 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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